Preview: Young rebels and brave hearts in Chittagong

It's like watching a painting in action - Dev Benegal

Former NASA scientist and debutant director Bedabrata Pain's Chittagong has been receiving rave reviews even before its release.

The film is based on a a little-known incident in the 1930s British-occupied India. A handful of untrained teenage boys and girls, led by a school teacher, handed the British their first military defeat.

Chittagong is the story of the youngest and the most unlikely participant – a frail and diffident 14 old teenager, Jhunku Roy.

It portrays an incredible journey of a teenager, who battles nagging self-doubts and reluctance on one hand, and a formidable enemy on the other, to achieve an impossible triumph.